2007 US Retailer of the Year

PACIFIC

Porters started selling winter equipment the same year that the Olympics came to Squaw Valley in 1960. In 1982 Porters added snowboards _ making it one of the older dealers in the country as well. 48 years later, it now has three main stores on the North Shore, 1 Outlet Store, and a rapidly growing website in porterstahoe.com.

The majority of the shop is owned by the Chapman family and run by CEO John Chapman with the extensive assistance of additional minority owner/employees such as buyers Kathy Karlovic, Jason Dejong, Mike Montemurro and Alex Ruimerman.